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  • The Death Hierarchy
    Levy, Yagil

    Israel's Death Hierarchy, 11/2012, Letnik: 4
    Book Chapter

    As attested to by the prudence shown by the military in deploying its ground forces in the Gazan and Lebanese arenas, the episodes with which this book opened, and the post-Second Lebanon War protest, the balancing strategies the state employed were partially effective, and limitations on risking soldiers’ lives remained in force. By redistributing the military burden using balancing strategy #4—whose main components were satellite armies, the counterfire doctrine, removal of reservists from friction zones, and social realignment of the ranks—the state expanded its freedom to deploy the army but still faced limitations. In the end, the state